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Phyco_Can
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27. July 2007 @ 21:38 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
ok so this is the thing, my girlfried has a computer and im pretty sure that it has a virus this is wats going on.. no icons on the desktop ,which she says haas been like that for about 3 years,this includes the taskbar and start button,the only way to run things is to open task manager and run new program, then this is the even better part...im not able to download anything from the internet, evry time i try to download something the error box pops up(u kno the one with the send,dont send option) and closes the internet box then ur bak to a blank desktop..so hijacking would b a negative.. she has a dell with mayb 512ram running on a windowsxp OS any ideas??

operating system:windows xp home edition
ram:1 gig of corsair,512mb of samsung
graphics card: 7800 nvidia geoforce, AMD athlon64 3700+ processor
onya
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28. July 2007 @ 09:23 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
http://forums.afterdawn.com/thread_view.cfm/292257

Follow this link for some Anti-virus software and freeware. Download and run then RE-start your laptop. Surely AVG or Avast will pick up any Nasties that you may have. Folllow the prompts and don't forget to do a restart afterwards. All viruses should be gone? Yes?

Cheers.

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This message has been edited since posting. Last time this message was edited on 28. July 2007 @ 10:44

Phyco_Can
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28. July 2007 @ 09:29 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
again, my cpu will not allow me to download ANYTHING

operating system:windows xp home edition
ram:1 gig of corsair,512mb of samsung
graphics card: 7800 nvidia geoforce, AMD athlon64 3700+ processor
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